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He joined the Royal Engineers and gradually rose through the ranks. In about 1770 , while a Captain , William Spry purchased some land in Nova Scotia and established the settlement known as Spryfield . He sold his property in 1783 and returned to England . In the same year he was made a Colonel in the Royal Engineers , rising to the rank of Major-General ( 1793 ) and later Lieutenant-General ( 1799 ). Spry died in 1802 and is supposedly buried under the clock tower of St Margaret's, Westminster . William was descended from the Spry Family of Roseland, Cornwall , which bred many army and navy officers. His brother was Lieutenant-General Horatio Spry ( 1730 - 1811 ) and his son was Major-General William Frederick Spry ( 1770 - 1814 ). |
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